The Moon太陰 · Tai Yin
A star of quiet and home. Tradition links it with property, gentleness and care.
- Element
- water
- Group
- Both Dippers
太陰屬水，南北斗化富，為財帛田宅主。
Tai Yin belongs to water. Across both Dippers it transforms into Riches, master of the Wealth and Property palaces.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 2
其為人也聰明俊秀，其稟性也端雅純祥。
As a person, bright and fine-looking. By nature, upright, graceful and kind.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vol. 1
In plain words
Tai Yin is the moon, partner of the sun. It rules house and land, and it stands for the mother and, for men, the wife. Its strength runs opposite to the sun: it is at its best in the evening and night palaces, and weak in the morning ones.
Sources Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, vols. 1 and 2, from an online transcription, not yet checked against a printed edition. The plain text is ours, and it leaves out the book’s harshest lines about death and about women.